Gear mechanism.



J. ACHEL.

GEAR MECHANlSM.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20. I9l5.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

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Application filed September 20, 1.915. serial No. 51,573.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jozsnr Aonnn, a subject of Hungary, residing atCleveland, in

the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Gear Mechanism, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists in gear mechanism, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of asupporting standard for my device. Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of thesaid standard and operating mechanism supported thereon. Fig. 8 is aperspective view of the supporting arm and a spindle and actuating shaftthereon. Fig. l is a side elevation of one of the beating tools. Fig. 5is an enlarged vertical sectional elevation of the complete device lessthe beater or beating tool or implement.

As thus shown the device is designedto be variously adaptable to use forbeating eggs and milk for making butter in small quantities in bowlsfrom cream and for J other purposes in kitchen use as a housewife mayrequire. It may be noticed, also, that the standard S shown herein isthe same as the corresponding standards shown in my companionapplication for improve- .ments in domestic vegetable cutters of evendate and bearing Ser. No. 51,572. The said standard S is seen inelevation Fig. 1 and is adapted to be fixed on a table or other suitablesupport and is secured thereto. in this instance, by a bracket 12 and athumb screw n to rigidly affix the same.

The tool or implement of whatever character, as an egg whipper 2, Fig.2, or a milk heater 3, Fig. l, is provided with a shank 5 in either orany case adapted to be operatively engaged by means of a rotatableinternally threaded socket 6 with or upon the actuating spindle 7; thesaid spindle is rotatably mounted in the outer end of an arm a removablysupportedby a socket 8 on the standard and a tenon 9 on said arm seatedin said socket and locked by screw 10.

The spindle 7 is slidably mounted inthe extremity of said arm, which hasa box support 12 therefor on the arm with a nut 13 on its end resting onthe arm and a collar 14 resting on the box 12, and a bevel gear 15 isseated in the bottom of said box and engages a longitudinal groove insaid spindle so as to rotate the same at Whatever elevation the spindleilfill e raised. LA

horizontally disposed drive shaft .16 has ber lse 1 m s ing w h gea 5 todr the same, and said shaft has an end section mounted on the inside-andtop, of standard S within housing h and carrying a pinion 18 as willpresently be seen. A gear 20 meshes with pinion l8 and is supported on ashort shaft'21 in standard 3 and which is operatively engaged by thecrank handle thus shown as serving all the purposes of I both theinventions referred to herein and is used with both and with the samehandle. Respecting the spindle 7, it will be seen that 1t has a flatsided tenon and that the shank 5 of the beaten-Fig. at, has an open slotadapted to be inserted over said tenon while the socket nut 6 isrotatable on spindle 7 and engages the said parts firmly together.

Referring now more particularly to shaft or shaft section 16 and itsoperating connectlons, it will be seen that the said shaft has a tenonengaged in an open slot in a driving connection 40 and a confiningsleeve 11 over'the union of said parts has a slot and a screw 42 in saidslot is engaged in the enlargement 43 which carries pinion 18 and aspiral Spring 44 within said sleeve bears against said enlargement andholds the, sleeve over said joint in confining relations. Uncoupling ordisengagement of the joint is effected by withdrawing said sleeve andreleasing the shaft section 16, and the arm a may be removed at the sametime to make the exchange for the cutter mechanism of the companionapplication herein referred to.

What I claim is:

1. A device as described having a standard and a socket on the insidethereof, an arm removably seated'in said socket, and a spindle supportedin the outer end of said arm, in combination with drive mechanism forsaid spindle comprising a sectional shaft mounted on said arm at one endand on said standard at the other, a pinion on said shaft and a gear andmeans 5 to actuate the same adapted to rotate said pinion and shaft, thesaid shaft having a spring pressed coupling between the sectionsthereof.

:2. A convertible device as described comprising a standard and means atits bottom to fix the same removably to a base, an arm detachablysupported from the top portion of said standard, a vertically disposed JOZSEF ACHEL.

Witnesses J AKOB HOLLANDER, GEO. E. KRICKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for-five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. G.

